Everything surrounding°hard word the Tour°hard word de°hard word France is kind of ridiculous°hard word.
💡 Why does one organize°hard word a three-week°hard word long bike°hard word race? For the attention. So, everybody°hard word becomes slightly surreal°hard word; a parody°hard word of their former self.
The paramount°hard word proponent°hard word of the theory of 米人大火 on the NBC-produced°hard word broadcast°hard word was Chris°hard word Horner. But he was unceremoniously°hard word relieved of his duties°hard word.
⚔️ well, actually, they probably did put on something of a ceremony°hard word ...
Now Horner can focus°hard word on his YouTube°hard word channel°hard word. Where his lexicon°hard word can diverge°hard word further°hard word from that of normal society.
This year, his new tic°hard word is to refer°hard word to his "chesterfield°hard word". Every day, he is sitting°hard word "on the chesterfield°hard word".
⚙️ "chesterfield°hard word" 不是内自行车，是沙发。
Horner's°hard word trademark°hard word insult°hard word is "knucklehead°hard word". But he uses it too often to refer°hard word to "any rider°hard word that demonstrates°hard word agency°hard word towards a secondary°hard word goal°hard word". As°hard word the schoolyard°hard word tyrants°hard word have always said°hard word: "I know you are, but what am I?"
Phil°hard word Liggett°hard word is still on the broadcasts°hard word, after nearly half a century.
💬 Phil°hard word Liggett°hard word is so old, during his first Tour°hard word as°hard word a broadcaster°hard word the riders°hard word didn't°hard word even wear helmets!
⚔️ well, actually: Phil°hard word Liggett's°hard word first year as°hard word a TV°hard word journalist was 1978. Helmets were not°hard word made°hard word completely mandatory°hard word in the Tour°hard word de°hard word France until 2003. Or 2005.
💡 there are conflicting°hard word reports. The confusion is caused°hard word by changes in which specific°hard word rule requires°hard word helmets. After the death of Andrey°hard word Kivilev°hard word in 2003, it became°hard word taboo°hard word to not°hard word wear a helmet; whether the rules prohibiting°hard word it might have had loopholes°hard word 是旧死了.
Phil°hard word Liggett°hard word has gone old. On a recent°hard word stage, he spent°hard word a good 15 seconds describing°hard word how the riders°hard word were going into a pitch-black°hard word tunnel, and that they would be unable°hard word to see until they reached the end. At that point, the camera angle changed°hard word, making°hard word the well-lit°hard word tunnel more visible°hard word.
Christian°hard word Van de°hard word Velde°hard word is still on the broadcast°hard word team. This year, he is banished°hard word to the back of the motorcycle.
💡 I would assume°hard word that, if one had the physical capacity°hard word to do both, one would much prefer riding°hard word the Tour°hard word on a bicycle.
Like most cyclists°hard word of the 1995-2010 timeframe°hard word, there is "suspicion°hard word of performance-enhancing°hard word drug°hard word use" in his past.
🔥 but perhaps, the 2020s are the decade of accepting "better living through chemistry". The preliminary°hard word indications°hard word are that the new generation°hard word of anti-obesity°hard word drugs°hard word (semaglutide°hard word etc°hard word.) do not°hard word have the harmful°hard word side-effects°hard word of previous drugs°hard word.
🌎 and one of the dark secrets of the "trans°hard word" movement is that, according to all accounts, hormones°hard word are intensely°hard word pleasurable°hard word, in the sense that a recreational°hard word drug°hard word would be.